Sad-iron holder



Josnrinnn M. HOLMES,

PATENT irren..

or sioux CITY, IOWA.

SAD-IRON HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,556, dated December 4, 1888. p

Application filed November 30, 1881.

` of Sioux City, county of -Woodbury, and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvenient in Sad-Iron Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to furnish a sadiron holder that will secure, first, perfect pro-4 tection to the operators hands from both the hot iron and handle; Second, an easy yet large and firm hold of the iron; third, cleanliness and durability 5 and, fourth, be of ready applivention consists of two pieces of wood so shaped, hinged together, and covered as to form where grasped a perfectly-round and soft holder. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 representsa side view of the holder with all external attachments; Fig. 2, an end view, showing the hinge, spring, and guardin position, as also the inside shape or form of wood; Fig. 3, a vertical section through the middle' or round part, and closed by pressure of hand, illustrating the relative position of hand with holder when in use, likewise the overlapping of guards, shutting off all radiating heat from iron below.

Similar parts are designated by corresponding letters in the different views.

The body A is formed by two symmetrical pieces of wood,- j oined laterally, rounded on top and sides throughout, but below only the middle third is round, forming notch B, which by ends or projections D D, extending low enough down, and with guards E E attached, forms opening B, sufficiently large to admit operators fingers, thus forming a perfectlyround holder-middle third. Inside both pieces are grooves F F, about one-fourth inch from top, to receive horizontal part of sad-iron handle, and to admit the perpendicular parts and extend the necessary length beyond. rIhe ends rl cl below groove are cut down to nearly a levelwith bottom of groove, and from ends in to about one-fourth inch from notch B, leaving ridge G extending along, above,and down both sides or ends of notch B to guard E, meeting that lof the opposite side, when the holder is closed, as in Fig. 3, thus rendering it impossible for any Model heat from the iron or handle to reach the operators hands. Vhen this 1inger-opening B, with ridge G around it, is made the proper 5 5 length to fit ,accurately1 between upright parts of sadiron handle, and ends D D allowed to remain with simply a perpendicular groove to receive upright parts of handle, all of which is easily done where there is uniformityof size, 6o as is the case with the .Troy Glosser or small polishing-irons used bypatent ironers, andfor which this holder is especially designed, then the holder becomes as firmly fixed upon the handle as if part of the iron itself. After be- 6 5 ing duly shaped, the two pieces of wood are placed laterally together, and thus retained by a strip of leather tacked full length on top, and over all outside some thick soft substancey such as heavy woolen clOthorfelt-and over this 7o soft chamois or sheep-,skin leather, all tacked around the ends and loweredges of Wood, the leather only through notch B and to inner edge of ridge G, to protect the operators iingers. The hinges KK are then screwed on 7 5 both ends, while but one spring, L, suffices to throw the holder open below for ready application and removal. The sprin g L is made by. twisting a piece of wire upon itself and over a knob, fastening it in connection 'with the 8O hinge above, and below is bent at right angles and driven into wood on both sides, as shown in Fig. 2. To thisa catch maybe fixed, extending from one side and fastening on opposite one, thus locking the holder securely when closed upon the sad-iron handle. `The guards vE E, like the hinges L L, are composedlof sheet brass or zinc, covered with leather on upper surface and screwed against lower edges ofprojections D D, forming leather-lined open- 9o ing B. Each guard is iiush with wood inside, both ends; but middle third, or over opening B, projects half-inch, as seen in Fig. 2, overlapping with opposite when closed, as in Fig. 3,

to prevent scorching leather and dropping up`-` on the work, as is the case with all cloth holders, soiling and often ruining the work; also,

by these interlocking leaves or guards handles of different sizes maybe grasped', and yet all radiated heat from ironbelow cut off,.while roo by the use of wood, vwith its non-conducting properties andV soft coverings, no heat from handle can reach operators han ds. rIlhe closely-lying spring below upper surface of holder is entirely out of way, and ample room is afforded for both hands, (always used in polishing.) As a Whole, among the many advantages vgained by this holder are those derived from its extending beyond upright parts of sad-iron handle and grasping not only the round horizontal, but the upright parts of handle as well, thereby affording a more iirm and secure hold, with far better control oi' iron, and making it especially serviceable foruse on the small polishing-iron.

I am aware that prior to my invention a variety of sad-iron holders-cloth, metallic, and wooden, with shields or guards and springshave been made; but I am not aware that a holder has ever been made or used similar in construction and useful to the class of operators known as patent ironers,7 using the Troy Glosser or small polishing-irons, and for which this holder is especially designed and adapted, although useful on any iron. All the. patented holders to which my attention has been directed are designed for and adapted to large -handled smoothing -irons only, being so constructed as to iit between the upright parts of sad-iron handle, and not extend beyond, as mine 5 hence are of no service whatever with these small polishing-irons.

I therefore claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A sad-iron holder the grasping portion of which is composed of wood, with an outer covering of buckskin, leather, or other analogous material, and constructed with an end spring, substantially as described, located on the end of the holder and below its upper surface,"for

the purpose of holding apart the two pivoted portions, and provided with overlapping protecting-leaves attached longitudinally to the lower edges of each pivoted portion, substan- 4o tially as described.

JOSElI-IINE' M. HOLMES.

Witnesses:

J. NV. JAoonY, EDWARD DEMERITT. 

